The Berlin airlift begins.
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AVIATION HISTORY
Challenge International de Tourisme – a competition that marked the history of aviation (2)
After two successful editions, Challenge International de Tourisme (English: International Tourist Aeroplane Competition) developed into the most prestigious aviation contest in Europe. Its initial idea was to compete with serial manufactured aeroplanes of so-called tourist […]
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Embraer 190LR
Embraer 190LR (ERJ-190-100LR, c/n: 19000435, OE-IHG of NIKI Luftfahrt GmbH) taxiing at Franz Josef Strauss Airport, Munich, October 2012. The E190 is one of the aircraft belonging to the Embraer E-Jet family – narrow body, […]
SHORT AVIATION STORIES
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
On 4th March 1954, Tony LeVier, official test pilot of the Lockheed company, took-off for the first time in a prototype of a new fighter – XF-104, later developed into a well-known F-104 Starfighter. The […]